Global investors gathered in Edinburgh this week to hear Scotland’s new advanced manufacturing strategy, alongside pitches from top-rated deeptech scaleups.
With a background in building and selling major payments businesses, Justin Pike is no stranger to transforming how money moves. Now, as CEO and Founder of Burbank, he’s leading a new venture from Wales that aims to bring familiar, in-store card-present security to the online checkout process. It’s called Card Present over Internet, and it could just change the balance of power in digital commerce – reducing fraud, restoring trust, and even lowering costs for merchants.
With Mental Health Awareness Week underway, Virgin StartUp – Virgin’s home of entrepreneurship in the UK – is shining a spotlight on small business founder’s mental health and the challenges they face. According to new research from the not-for-profit, more than half (51%)* of startup founders reported experiencing more instances of burnout this year. Additionally, almost one in five (18%) said their mental health and stress levels have worsened over the past six months.
Subjektiv Art is a new app launched to make discovering, buying, and selling art more inclusive and simple by creating a discovery and sales platform complete with completely integrated global logistics network for moving art around the world.
GoTo has announced over 100 new features for GoTo Connect that combine omnichannel customer experience, powerful AI solutions, and streamlined management to help small and midsize enterprises (SMEs) communicate smarter and faster.
CryoCloud announces it has closed a €2 million seed funding round led by specialist healthcare transformation VC firm Nina Capital, with participation from Value Creation Capital, ROM Utrecht, and Utrecht Health Seed Fund.
Combining cutting-edge thin-film technology with a commitment to eco-friendly production, BTRY, a Swiss-based venture founded by Dr Moritz Futscher, Dr Abdessalem Aribia, and Dr Yaroslav Romanyuk is seeking to reignite how batteries are made and used by taking a novel approach to design and sustainability.
Uncaged Innovations, a biomaterial startup company co-founded by CEO Stephanie Downs and Dr. Xiaokun Wang, is taking on the challenge of changing people’s perception of leather and sustainability – redefining what luxury means with its durable, plant based biomaterial.
RepAir Carbon has secured $15 million in Series A extension funding. The round was co-led by Taranis Carbon Ventures and Extantia Capital, with participation from renewable energy player Ormat Technologies, and Repsol.
Weavr has partnered with global accounting company Paperchase to integrate its Embedded Payment Run (EPR) solution into Paperchase’s platform.
Over the past 18 months, Treble Peak has secured partnerships with leading private equity managers, including Passion Capital, Headway Capital, DN Capital, Episode 1, Seraphim Ventures, and Hanover Investors.
Ryft announced a successful £5.7 million Series A round to fund the development of technology that will empower acquiring banks, like Clearhaus, to compete with Stripe Connect, Adyen, and similar payment providers in the market.
Trint has secured a growth funding package from Virgin Money’s Venture Debt team. This investment will further accelerate Trint’s growth and help enhance its technology, solidifying its position as one of the leaders in the media and broadcasting industry.
Deel has introduced a suite of AI-driven products designed to transform how companies hire, manage, and pay international teams. Deel’s latest innovations address inefficiencies caused by fragmented payroll, HR, and IT systems, integrating these functions into Deel’s all-in-one platform to help businesses operate seamlessly and compliantly across borders.https://startupsmagazine.co.uk/article-tips-help-employees-struggling-financial-stress
New research from Barclays Eagle Labs shows Edinburgh, Manchester, and Bristol contain the strongest clusters of high-growth companies outside London, demonstrating how local entrepreneurial and tech incubator networks are showing up for growth.
Tech founders in the UK are routinely working 60 hour weeks and they sacrifice salary and work-life balance to have a chance of success, according to a new study conducted by Antler, the most active early-stage VC firm in the world.
A new survey of over 2,000 professionals reveals UK businesses are ditching cost-cutting in favour of smart decision-making, security, and long-term resilience.
In a first for the SaaS industry, fintech Lemon is unveiling its 0% financing product, allowing businesses to finance their software subscriptions without any additional interest.
Launched in 2021 by Luca Colciago, Jack Diamond, and Matteo Avramov Giulivi, pan-European growth debt platform, Atempo Growth has announced the first close of its Second Fund, Atempo Growth II. This close increases the firms AuM to over €700 million.
Capital D announces that it has acquired a minority stake in Refinery89, the AdTech platform dedicated to supporting regional European and LATAM digital publishers.
